Plovers & Lapwings in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 7 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Dotterel 20–22 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made